Anthony Ballas
@tonyjballas.bsky.social
@DukeU Literature | @3ammagazine, @monthly_review, @NatCounterPunch, @scalawagmag, @proteanmag & more | Internationalism, Haitian Revolution, Melville | Host: De Facto Podcast, Co-Host Cold War Cinema Podcast
Happy to report that you can now add Justin Leroy to this list as well; his book "The Lowest Freedom" is due out April 2026. Looking forward to our conversation.
November 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Happy to report that you can now add Justin Leroy to this list as well; his book "The Lowest Freedom" is due out April 2026. Looking forward to our conversation.
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Wonderful on you and Gerald - thanks for letting me know, Tony! 🤗
And I'm tagging @sjzimmerman.bsky.social! She recently posted that her book is now in open access: bsky.app/profile/sjzi...
And I'm tagging @sjzimmerman.bsky.social! She recently posted that her book is now in open access: bsky.app/profile/sjzi...
Militarizing Marriage is now OpenAccess!
Thanks to Ohio University Press (with the generous support of a Mini-Grant from RSP at WWU) for facilitating the process.
Now you can access tirailleurs sénégalais' conjugal relationships across French Empire at the speed of a download.
Thanks to Ohio University Press (with the generous support of a Mini-Grant from RSP at WWU) for facilitating the process.
Now you can access tirailleurs sénégalais' conjugal relationships across French Empire at the speed of a download.
Militarizing Marriage
Following tirailleurs sénégalais’ deployments in West Africa, Congo, Madagascar, North Africa, Syria-Lebanon, Vietnam, and Algeria from the 1880s to 1962...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Wonderful on you and Gerald - thanks for letting me know, Tony! 🤗
And I'm tagging @sjzimmerman.bsky.social! She recently posted that her book is now in open access: bsky.app/profile/sjzi...
And I'm tagging @sjzimmerman.bsky.social! She recently posted that her book is now in open access: bsky.app/profile/sjzi...
Dear De Facto supporters,
Forgive me🙏although I've been very busy w coursework recently & unable to conduct many interviews I have some on deck for the near future, including: Gerald Horne, Ryan Jobson, Zeyad el Nabolsy, & @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social & Franz Knappik
Updates soon!
Stay tuned!✌️
—T
Forgive me🙏although I've been very busy w coursework recently & unable to conduct many interviews I have some on deck for the near future, including: Gerald Horne, Ryan Jobson, Zeyad el Nabolsy, & @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social & Franz Knappik
Updates soon!
Stay tuned!✌️
—T
November 24, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Dear De Facto supporters,
Forgive me🙏although I've been very busy w coursework recently & unable to conduct many interviews I have some on deck for the near future, including: Gerald Horne, Ryan Jobson, Zeyad el Nabolsy, & @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social & Franz Knappik
Updates soon!
Stay tuned!✌️
—T
Forgive me🙏although I've been very busy w coursework recently & unable to conduct many interviews I have some on deck for the near future, including: Gerald Horne, Ryan Jobson, Zeyad el Nabolsy, & @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social & Franz Knappik
Updates soon!
Stay tuned!✌️
—T
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Coming soon!
Very exciting new volume: CHINA CHANGES EVERYTHING with contributions by @Jacqueline Luqman, @pawel.bsky.social, @margaretkimberley.bsky.social, Danny Haiphong, and Gerald Horne w/ @AspenBallas, @webduboisclub, & myself, as well as many others.
November 3, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Coming soon!
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"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
#immigration #HumanRights
alt-text for quoted post: protesters with signs in German (?); image of mostly men, possibly immigrants
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
#immigration #HumanRights
alt-text for quoted post: protesters with signs in German (?); image of mostly men, possibly immigrants
New from Portolan:
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
#immigration #HumanRights
alt-text for quoted post: protesters with signs in German (?); image of mostly men, possibly immigrants
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
#immigration #HumanRights
alt-text for quoted post: protesters with signs in German (?); image of mostly men, possibly immigrants
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"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 AM
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl 👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
portolan-journal.org?post=punitiv...
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"We Are All 'Illegal' Now: Border Despotism, Authoritarianism, Civil War" by Nicolas De Genova
portolan-journal.org?post=we-are-...
#immigration #HumanRights
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portolan-journal.org?post=we-are-...
#immigration #HumanRights
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image of wall of police in riot gear
New from PortolanSAQ: "We Are All 'Illegal' Now: Border Despotism, Authoritarianism, Civil War" by Nicolas De Genova
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
"We Are All 'Illegal' Now: Border Despotism, Authoritarianism, Civil War" by Nicolas De Genova
portolan-journal.org?post=we-are-...
#immigration #HumanRights
alt-text for quoted post:
image of wall of police in riot gear
portolan-journal.org?post=we-are-...
#immigration #HumanRights
alt-text for quoted post:
image of wall of police in riot gear
New from Portolan:
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl
November 21, 2025 at 5:10 AM
New from Portolan:
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl
"Punitive Environments and the Anti-Immigration Authoritarian Commonsense" by Martina Tazzioli & Maurice Stierl
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Why do I have so many followers on here? I rarely even post???
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Why do I have so many followers on here? I rarely even post???
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New episode is live!
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
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Pod people pod! Pod people pod!!
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
New episode is live!
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
This week we discuss Don Siegel's 1956 sci-fi classic, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, unpacking the complicated (and often contradictory) political allegories from both the left and the right. Check it out!
coldwarcinema.com/s2-ep-8-inva...
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Pod people pod! Pod people pod!!
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
I’m back on @coldwarcinema.com with @jasonachristian.bsky.social and @tonyjballas.bsky.social this month talking about Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the blacklist, conformity, and communism. Give us a listen:
New from PortolanSAQ: "We Are All 'Illegal' Now: Border Despotism, Authoritarianism, Civil War" by Nicolas De Genova
November 14, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New from PortolanSAQ: "We Are All 'Illegal' Now: Border Despotism, Authoritarianism, Civil War" by Nicolas De Genova
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For the issue #6 of Peace, Land, & Bread, Gerald Horne and I wrote about "Ho Chi Minh and Black Liberation." We discuss Garveyism, Malcolm X, Robert F. Williams & more.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For the issue #6 of Peace, Land, & Bread, Gerald Horne and I wrote about "Ho Chi Minh and Black Liberation." We discuss Garveyism, Malcolm X, Robert F. Williams & more.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
New from Portolan:
"Property as Warfare: Building on Genocide in Gaza" by Brenna Bhandar & Alberto Toscano
Link 🔗 below
"Property as Warfare: Building on Genocide in Gaza" by Brenna Bhandar & Alberto Toscano
Link 🔗 below
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
New from Portolan:
"Property as Warfare: Building on Genocide in Gaza" by Brenna Bhandar & Alberto Toscano
Link 🔗 below
"Property as Warfare: Building on Genocide in Gaza" by Brenna Bhandar & Alberto Toscano
Link 🔗 below
Very exciting new volume: CHINA CHANGES EVERYTHING with contributions by @Jacqueline Luqman, @pawel.bsky.social, @margaretkimberley.bsky.social, Danny Haiphong, and Gerald Horne w/ @AspenBallas, @webduboisclub, & myself, as well as many others.
November 2, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Very exciting new volume: CHINA CHANGES EVERYTHING with contributions by @Jacqueline Luqman, @pawel.bsky.social, @margaretkimberley.bsky.social, Danny Haiphong, and Gerald Horne w/ @AspenBallas, @webduboisclub, & myself, as well as many others.
Happy to launch Portolan, an internationalist journal associated with Duke UP's South Atlantic Quarterly, edited by Michael Hardt, Sandro Mezzadra, Niccolò Cuppini, & myself
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
October 31, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Happy to launch Portolan, an internationalist journal associated with Duke UP's South Atlantic Quarterly, edited by Michael Hardt, Sandro Mezzadra, Niccolò Cuppini, & myself
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
"Capital & the Global War Regime" by Michael & Sandro is now available on the site.
Please spread the word!
(Link below)
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Honored to have a poem in the latest issue of Peace, Land, and Bread. My cemetery poem, just in time for Halloween week.
Download a free copy of the stunningly designed issue here:
www.iskrabooks.org/plb6
Download a free copy of the stunningly designed issue here:
www.iskrabooks.org/plb6
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Honored to have a poem in the latest issue of Peace, Land, and Bread. My cemetery poem, just in time for Halloween week.
Download a free copy of the stunningly designed issue here:
www.iskrabooks.org/plb6
Download a free copy of the stunningly designed issue here:
www.iskrabooks.org/plb6
CFP: Frederic Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
April 10–12, 2026
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Please circulate far and wide.
Submission info linked below.
April 10–12, 2026
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Please circulate far and wide.
Submission info linked below.
October 28, 2025 at 10:43 PM
CFP: Frederic Jameson and the Future of Critical Theory
April 10–12, 2026
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Please circulate far and wide.
Submission info linked below.
April 10–12, 2026
Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
Keynotes by Michael Denning, Jane Gaines, Achille Mbembe, Toril Moi, and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak.
Please circulate far and wide.
Submission info linked below.
Paul Robeson on Toussaint Louverture & Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh on Toussaint, Haiti & the Haitian Revolution.
October 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Paul Robeson on Toussaint Louverture & Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh on Toussaint, Haiti & the Haitian Revolution.
For the issue #6 of Peace, Land, & Bread, Gerald Horne and I wrote about "Ho Chi Minh and Black Liberation." We discuss Garveyism, Malcolm X, Robert F. Williams & more.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
For the issue #6 of Peace, Land, & Bread, Gerald Horne and I wrote about "Ho Chi Minh and Black Liberation." We discuss Garveyism, Malcolm X, Robert F. Williams & more.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
Check it out!
Thank you Ben, Taylor, Talia, and everyone @iskrabooks.bsky.social for their work on these beautiful editions.
As a result of our organizing efforts through NFEE #4935, Northern New Mexico College has finally acknowledged that it underpaid adjuncts in 2024-25 in a major and direct breach of our CBA, resulting in over $31,000 in backpay owed to adjuncts teaching in-person classes... 1/2
October 12, 2025 at 1:53 PM
As a result of our organizing efforts through NFEE #4935, Northern New Mexico College has finally acknowledged that it underpaid adjuncts in 2024-25 in a major and direct breach of our CBA, resulting in over $31,000 in backpay owed to adjuncts teaching in-person classes... 1/2
Alright, fun's over. They caught on.
October 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Alright, fun's over. They caught on.
I don't normally do this, but since Peter Kolchin's classic book "Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom" is currently 95% off. I HIGHLY recommend you snag a copy right now
October 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I don't normally do this, but since Peter Kolchin's classic book "Emancipation: The Abolition and Aftermath of American Slavery and Russian Serfdom" is currently 95% off. I HIGHLY recommend you snag a copy right now
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@KamranBaradaran and I interviewed Indian philosopher Divya Dwivedi about caste, Brahmanism, the threats against her life, and more for @proteanmag
Link below 🙏
Link below 🙏
September 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
@KamranBaradaran and I interviewed Indian philosopher Divya Dwivedi about caste, Brahmanism, the threats against her life, and more for @proteanmag
Link below 🙏
Link below 🙏